Creon And Antisane In Sophocles's Antigone

His whole life he is obsessed with getting the crown and having complete control over the state, he ignores the opinions and belief of his family members. When in the end, he ends up losing Antigone. A messenger says “Creon was happy once, as I count happiness: Victorious in battle, sole governor of the land, Fortunate father of children nobly born. And now it is all gone from him. Who can say a man is alive when his life’s joy fails?” (pg 239) In Creon's search for justice, he gets everything he wants. He gets to rule his sacred government, and has lovely children, but since he doesn't care about playing fair and he lets his ego completely take over. Therefore he loses everything he “played dirty” for, making his search for the justice

To illustrate, Antigone articulates to Ismene that Creon lacks the power to prohibit her from burying Polyneices (Prologue, line 35). Disregarding Creon’s powers, Antigone extends both her immaturity and recklessness in amanner that both generates a hazy impression of Antigone’s plausibility and discredits her personality because of the seldom conflict between the king and women in Ancient Greece. Furthermore, characters such as Eurydice and Jocasta, who experience much more tragedy, diverge from Antigone in the course of their reactions. While Jocasta and Eurydice grieve for their loved ones and succumb to the sorrow, Antigone’s reaction exists at the opposite end of the spectrum where she acts with the sole intent to spite Creon. Continuing, Antigone dictates that she is “not afraid of the danger; if it means death, / It will not be the worst of deaths - death without honor” (Prologue, lines 80-81). Recognizing her inevitable fate, Antigone makes little effort to alter her actions or consequences. Her proud acceptance of her death, which she claims to be one of honor, projects her arrogance and stubbornness toward her situation. This immediate compliance fails to reflect the true outlook and reaction toward approaching death both today and in her time. Additionally, the diatribe provided by Antigone to the chorus near her death sparks much criticism when she asserts that she prays Creon’s punishment equals her own when the truth of her actions emerges (Scene 4, lines 67-69). Antigone’s blatant assault on Creon’s life conveys her ignorance, which also transmits the impossibility of her individuality. Sophocles employs Antigone to generate the generalized perspective of tyranny Conversely, many individuals justify Antigone’s reckless behavior

THESIS: In Sophocles’s Antigone, Creon is shown as an immoral character through his actions towards his family; however in the end, he realizes his faults, so the audience empathizes with him.

Her determination to honor the deceased led to her eternal rest. The play Antigone by Sophocles is a tragedy about a young woman named Antigone whose brother died in combat and was not permitted to be buried by the king. This leads Antigone to bury her brother and face the wrath of the king’s punishment. After Antigone’s death, fate changes for Creon, the king, when he loses all of his family members for going against the laws of the gods. As the eponymous character of the play Antigone, Antigone breaks Creon’s law by burying her brother and is sentenced to death, even if it were her uncle’s decree. Nevertheless, the character Creon suffers a fate far worse than death for upholding a law he had set up. The role of family ties in Antigone is

Sophocles’ play “Antigone” illustrates the conflict between obeying human and divine law. The play opens after Oedipus’ two sons Eteocles and Polyneices have killed each other in a civil war for the throne of Thebes. Oedipus’ brother in law Creon then assumes the throne. He dictates that Eteocles shall receive a state funeral and honors, while Polyneices shall be left in the streets to rot away. Creon believes that Polyneices’ body shall be condemned to this because of his civil disobedience and treachery against the city. Polyneices’ sister, Antigone, upon hearing this exclaims that an improper burial for Polyneices would be an insult to the Gods. She vows that Polyneices’ body will be buried, and Creon declares that anyone who

In Sophocles’ Antigone, a major conflict arose over Antigone’s and Creon’s beliefs on right and wrong. Antigone stands for the laws of the Gods and family morals. Creon chose to stand for the values of the state and his will to be king. Although one’s decisions appear to be more reasonable and sympathetic than the other, both characters’ decisions in society can be equally validated.

​The legitimacy of a state or political leader has often been questioned in many different countries throughout the years. In Antigone one can question the legitimacy to rule of Creon. In different instances throughout Antigone, it is evident that many of Creon’s subjects obey his laws and demands because of fear, not because they believe his orders and laws are justified. For example, Antigone’s sister Isemene refused to help Antigone with the burial in fear of being captured and killed by Creon (Sophocles, p. 3). In another instance, the Sentry obeys Creon’s order to find and capture the one who disobeyed him, Antigone, in order to save himself from the wrath of Creon (Sophocles, p. 13). Creon instills fear in his subjects in order to obtain

Antigone's loyalty to Ploynices makes her feel obligated to give him a proper burial. Antigone talks with Ismene, " The dead body of Polynices, miserably slain, they say it has been given out publicly none may bewail, none bury, all must leave unwept, unsepulchred, a dainty prize for fowl watch, gloating upon their prey!" (Sophocles 2). Antigone tells her sister that it is wrong for Creon to bury one of their brothers with honor and leave the other one as a meal for predators. Without her loyalty to her brother, Antigone would not have felt this strongly about his burial. This leads to Antigone disobeying the law. Her strong-will leads her to not caring if the burial of her brother goes against the king's orders, she believes in the more important Devine Law. Antigone answers Creon's question of why she disobeyed his law,"Because it was not Zeus who ordered it, nor Justice, dweller with the Nether Gods, gave such a law to men" (Sophocles 17). Antigone states that the law of the gods is higher than the law of the states. Her strong-will and beliefs lead her to disobey the law and stand up to Creon. But Antigone's self-image of loyalty, strong-will, and bravery kill her. She knows what she stands for and she will not let anything get in her way, even death. Antigone says to her sister, "You made your choice, to live; I mine, to die" (Sophocles 21). Antigone made her choice to die when she decided to bury Ploynices. In conclusion, burying her brother, breaking the law, and her own death, were all because of Antigone's self-image of

Creon is an insensitive leader, who is blind to the feelings of his family and to the people of Thebes. Having assuming power after the deaths of the two kings Polynices and Articles, Creons first priority was to simply retain power, and keep the faith of the of the theban people on his side. In order to do this, Creon had

It can be agreed that admitting a mistake is hard sometimes. One comes to their senses too late to make a change. In the play Antigone by Sophocles, both Creon and Antigone butt heads on what they think is right. The stubbornness of both Creon and Antigone lead to tragedy on both sides for not changing their ways. Creon deserves the audience's pity because he tries to be the defender of the city by not burying the traitor polyneices. Even Though, Creon thought he was doing the right thing, his mind gets clouded by suspicion about his own family and servants. Creon's comprehension comes too late, which leads to all these consequences with his love ones.

In the play Antigone by sophocles,Antigone has respect for her brother polyneices and wants to properly bury him even though it is against both her uncle creon/king and the law itself. Even though she would fight for the people she loves there would be consequences. She had the confidence to do what she thought was the right thing to do. But Creon thought otherwise. People should break or follow the laws based on whether their rights give them the confidence to protest for what they deserve.

King Creon’s fatal flaw is that his arrogance mask his ability to admit when he is wrong. There is irony in the fact that he pointed out to his son, the disastrous societal effects of anarchy. Yet, admits that he himself rules with an unorthodox style. During a debate with his son, he said that “a nation is personified by its ruler”. However, the society in which he governs, doesn’t share the same point of view. Unfortunately, for King Creon, it took losing everything to finally admit he was wrong.

At the end of the play his excessive pride, took him over, and lead to his demise. By Teiresias’s prophecy, it was too late. Creon’s personality flaw is his excessive pride, and it causes his downfall. He refuses to listen to anyone, and cannot acknowledge that he can even possible be wrong. When he is talking to Teiresias he even says, “Whatever you say, you will not change my will.” Creon is also portrayed as self-righteous and cocky. Creon was known to think he was superior to the gods. He is fated by the gods because the gods do not like how prideful he

Creon is a fatigued, wrinkled man enduring the weights of leadership and has now surrendered himself altogether to the throne. Unlike Antigone, he has totally ceded his wishes to take upon the mantle of administration. As he tells Antigone, his only interest is in political and social order. This obsession with the state and civil order causes him

In the tragedy, Antigone, by Sophocles, one of the great Ancient Greek tragedians, the main character Antigone faces a moral dilemma revolved around her brother’s death. Creon, the ruler of Thebes, declares that Antigone’s brother, Polyneices, is to not receive a proper burial and be left to rot for being a traitor. Creon declares that anyone who attempts to bury Polyneices’s corpse is to be put to death. Polyneices invades Thebes because his brother Eteocles went against their agreement to take turns ruling and refuses to cede the throne to him. Both brothers die in the battle that ensues and Creon declares Polyneices a traitor for invading his own country. While Creon’s decree declares that Polyneices should not be buried, Antigone feels morally obligated to give him a proper burial because the Gods want every deceased body to be properly buried. Antigone faces an ethical dilemma in which human law contradicts divine law and she needs to decide whose authority she will follow. Antigone decides to disobey Creon’s decree, sneaks out at night and buries her deceased brother. She gets caught by guards, sentenced to death and eventually kills herself after she is put in a cave to die. While Antigone’s decision led to her death she made the right decision because her actions followed divine will and followed her conscience.